Hillerød Municipality

Hillerød Kommune is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Hovedstaden ("Capital Region"). The municipality covers an area of 191 km² (74 sq. miles), and has a total population of 48,728 (1 April 2014). The mayor of the municipality as of 1 January 2014 is Dorte Meldgaard, a member of the Conservative political party.

Overview

The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town also named as Hillerød. The city of Hillerød also houses the administrative capital of Region Hovedstaden.

Neighboring municipalities are Fredensborg municipality to the east, Gribskov municipality to the north, Frederiksværk-Hundested municipality to the west, and Frederikssund and Allerød to the south.

On 1 January 2007, Hillerød municipality was merged with Skævinge municipality, as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007), forming the new Hillerød municipality. At the same time, it became the capital of Region Hovedstaden, a new region that includes the Danish capital of Copenhagen, about 25 km to the southeast.

Urban areas

The ten largest urban areas in the municipality are:

#	Locality	Population
1	Hillerød	30,350
2	Skævinge	2,546
3	Nødebo	1,891
4	Ny Hammersholt	1,355
5	Tulstrup	1,249
6	Gadevang	1,116
7	Gørløse	1,058
8	Uvelse	983
9	Store Lyngby	847
10	Meløse	681

References

Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal data)
Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hillerød Kommune.

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Hillerød.

Municipalities of Denmark

List

Hovedstaden	Albertslund Allerød Ballerup Bornholm Brøndby Copenhagen Dragør Egedal Fredensborg Frederiksberg Frederikssund Furesø Gentofte Gladsaxe Glostrup Gribskov Halsnæs Helsingør Herlev Hillerød Hvidovre Høje-Taastrup Hørsholm Ishøj Lyngby-Taarbæk Rudersdal Rødovre Tårnby Vallensbæk

Midtjylland	Favrskov Hedensted Herning Holstebro Horsens Ikast-Brande Lemvig Norddjurs Odder Randers Ringkøbing-Skjern Samsø Silkeborg Skanderborg Skive Struer Syddjurs Viborg Aarhus

Nordjylland	Aalborg Brønderslev Frederikshavn Hjørring Jammerbugt Læsø Mariagerfjord Morsø Rebild Thisted Vesthimmerland

Sjælland	Faxe Greve Guldborgsund Holbæk Kalundborg Køge Lejre Lolland Næstved Odsherred Ringsted Roskilde Slagelse Solrød Sorø Stevns Vordingborg

Syddanmark	Aabenraa Ærø Assens Billund Esbjerg Faaborg-Midtfyn Fanø Fredericia Haderslev Kerteminde Kolding Langeland Middelfart Nordfyn Nyborg Odense Svendborg Sønderborg Tønder Varde Vejen Vejle

Coordinates: 55°56′N 12°19′E / 55.933°N 12.317°E / 55.933; 12.317

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